Islamophobia? What's in a Word?
I always though this word, islamophobia, was just another of those terms like 'gender affirming care' , which is neither 'affirming' or 'care' as most people understand these words to mean, and which grossly misrepresent what is under discussion, in this example, genital mutilation.
As for 'islamophobia', what does that word mean? An irrational fear of Islam?
Safe here in Canada for the present at least, most folks do not 'hate' or even 'fear' Islam, but many have reservations about what they hear and see, as some also have concerns about Catholics, Evangelicals, Jehovah's Witnesses -- and atheists. Taken literally, they worry about what these beliefs carried to extremes might lead to.
As for irrational fear, what is irrational about being concerned that some Moslems take the most threatening and outdated passages in their holy book literally and that some actively use Islam to justify atrocities or that civic authorities often accommodate and protect Islam when at the same time refusing the same protections to other persuasions,
Who, even those of us with concerns about Sharia Law and excessive concessions to Islamic dictates, has the time to 'hate' Islam or our Moslem neighbours?
What would be a better, albeit less catchy term?
Islamowatcher?
Concerned Citizen?
https://dailysceptic.org/2024/09/17/islamophobia-is-a-meaningless-word/
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That version of history explains everything.
It explains the housing crisis. It explains the energy restrictions. It explains the immigration pressure. It explains the economic stagnation. It explains why a sitting Deputy Prime Minister stood in front of graduates at an American university and asked, out loud, whether capitalist democracy still works.
None of what is happening to Canada is an accident.
The Present Is the Evidence
To understand how Canada arrived at this moment, you first have to look honestly at what is happening right now.
Across Canadian media and social media, a coordinated narrative has been building around what is being called the problem of empty bedrooms. On the surface it sounds like a housing conversation. Look closer and it is something else entirely. The pressure being applied, particularly on elderly Canadians and grandparents who have lived in their homes for decades, is to downsize. To give up their multi-bedroom homes. To turn their large homes into apartment blocks. ...
Nenshi should step down, fined, be taken to court for dereliction of duty or be removed from current leadership role due to breach of authority while in a position of power, poor memory & proved blatant deceit causing destruction & financial burden unnecessarily …. The records prove it & clarify it! His two in command should not be absolved either for not going to council when Nenshi did not! Calgarians should not be left with the costing when it should have been unnecessary! It’s called Accountability…..
